The Flash Box

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December 10, 2016 I built this box for a holiday gift exchange, and also to master using Fusion 360. It's a cylindrical box featuring a screw-on lid and a logo of The Flash at the top of the lid. Since I lacked access to red filament, I printed the box in blue and covered it with red acrylic paint. The paint also served as an adhesive when I pressed the logo into it before it dried completely. The logo can be lasercut using the provided DXF file or 3D printed from the STL file. I've included an SVG from which the DXF was created. Print Settings Printer Brand: Ultimaker Printer: Ultimaker 2 Extended Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.3mm layer height Infill: 15% Notes: I set the layer height to 0.3mm to shorten the print time. How I Designed This 3D Printable Threads A useful feature in Fusion 360 is the thread generator, which not only performs a helical sweep automatically but also has preset sizes for various measurement standards. To make the threads 3D printable, the edges of the threads have to be rounded off slightly (as shown in this helpful video) so that the parts can be screwed together without too much friction. I created the threads with these dimensions: ISO Metric, right-handed M65x4 Pushed edges in by 0.5mm Fillet edges with r = 1mm The threads turned out perfectly on the first print, making the box very satisfying to screw together!